Samsung could release the Tizen-powered Z3 smartphone as late as October, report says

Samsung will release the second Tizen-powered smartphone, the Z3, in the near future after being approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), according to industry sources. This will be Samsung’s second Tizen-powered smartphone, with the Z1 launching earlier this year in January.

Samsung’s Z3 is rumored to have a 5-inch 1280 x 720 display, a quad-core 1.3GHz Spreadtrum SC7730S CPU, 1.5GB of RAM, an 8-megapixel rear camera, and a 5-megapixel front camera. The device should also be sporting Tizen 3.0.

Some industry sources are also saying that Samsung could showcase the Gear S2 alongside it, as the smartwatch is also running the Tizen operating system. Samsung’s rumored to show both off at the upcoming Tizen Developer Conference next week in Shenzhen, China, and could launch the Z3 as late as October, around the same time the Gear S2 is set to officially become available.

Samsung sold over 1 million Z1 units in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka during the first quarter of 2015. That said, it’s seen some fairly good success in emerging markets, indicating that Samsung will expand the availability of the Z3 to India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and the Middle East, including Egypt.

The Korean tech giant isn’t expected to launch the device in Western markets, considering that Tizen doesn’t really offer consumers anything that the two dominating players don’t: Android and iOS.

Tizen is still somewhat in its infancy, but what might help it really take off, is a high-end device that can compete with the likes of the iPhone or Nexus 6.

Would you buy a Tizen-powered smartphone?

source: Business Korea
via: SamMobile

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